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Episode 206: Found in an Attic, Returned to Family

I know that my guest’s feelings about abandoned orphan photos will resonate with you. He hates seeing a photo abandoned and unfortunately he sees a lot of them. It’s a

Episode 145: Orphan Photos Reunited | Photo Detective Podcast

Episode 145: Orphan Photos Reunited

I know that my guest’s feelings about abandoned orphan photos will resonate with you. He hates seeing a photo abandoned and unfortunately he sees a lot of them. It’s a

Solving a Photo Mystery With a Little Help

Helmuth Voigt's story in this blog and that argumentative caption about his life captivated a lot of readers. In that post, I outlined the photo clues in the image then

Episode 133: Loving: Images of Men in Love 1850-1950 | Photo Detective Podcast

Episode 133: Loving: Images of Men in Love 1850-1950

Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850-1950 portrays the history of romantic love between men in hundreds of moving and tender vernacular photographs taken between the years 1850

Episode 131: Visualizing Equality: African American Rights in Photographs and Drawings with Dr. Aston Gonzalez | Photo Detective Podcast

Episode 131: Visualizing Equality: African American Rights in Photographs and Drawings with Dr. Aston Gonzalez

The fight for racial equality in the nineteenth century played out not only in marches and political conventions but also in the print and visual culture created and disseminated throughout

Family Photos on Instagram | The Photo Detective

Family Photos on Instagram

Discarded and re-sold photos appear all over social media, especially Instagram. If you’re looking for a picture of your great uncle Hubert, it might turn up online. The genealogical community hasn’t

Introducing the Glassmire Brothers

You gotta love a librarian! James Jeffrey of the Western History/Genealogy Collection of the Denver Public Library bought a couple of pictures and sent them to me. He also mailed

Why Do People Love Old Photos?

Why do people love old photos? That was the question a vendor at a local outdoor market asked me. Her question was in reply to my inquiry about the price

Let’s Stop Trashing Family Photos

A few weeks ago, my daughter went on a photo hunting expedition with me. Rhode Island is full of tiny antique shops tucked into old buildings. On this particular afternoon

Finding a Home for the Hollenbergs

On a recent trip to Burlington, Iowa, I drove through the town of Roseville, Illinois. Right in the middle of town was an antique store. It was lovely. Clean and

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